Display support for containers



June 23, 1953 H. HINKLE 2,643,032

- DISPLAY SUPPORT FOR CONTAINERS Filed March 22, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l Z/Au /wxas, INVENTOR BY (QM 65902 ATTORNEYS June 23, [1953 H. HlNKLE 2,643,032

DISPLAY SUPPORT FOR CONTAINERS Filed March 2 2, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VENTORI fi/qLL A/M/KLE.

(My BY l6 ATTORNEYS Patented June 2 3, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPLAY surron'r Fort CONTAINERS Hall Hinkle, Pickens, S. G.

Application March. 22, 1950;;Serial No; 1551065? 1, Claim. (01. 248-122 Thisinven-ti'on relatesto. a display stand or rack: and more especially to a rack for supporting av plurality of cylindrically-shaped containers: such as nail kegs and the like.

It. is the object of this invention to provide at standaor rack for supporting a plurality of circularly arranged cylindrical containers, such. asnail: kegs and. the like, in spaced relation to eachother and. the. axes of the containers. extending at. an angle relative to the vertical to, thereby render.- the contents of the containers, easily accessible. to. an operator. 7

It is another object of invention to pro vicle a stand, or rack. for supporting aiplurality of cylindricaljcontainers; such as. nail kegs; and the like, and comprising a. centralrsupport member or: post having a; plurality of radially" extendingarms theron for supporting a plurality of; containersarranged in spacedrelation to each: other" around the; central support, member and, each of said arms, having pivoted support means thereon to permit; the container supported thereby to, be

tilted downwardly at its outer end to permit accessto the contentsthereof.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a stand or rackhavi-ngatleast two, vertically spaced trunnions thereon and each of the trunnions being provided" with a plurality of radially; extending projections. or vanes. A. bifursated arm isysecuredto and extends radially from ach. vane and. eachofy the bifurcated. arms is provided with twoshaced,semiecircular members ll g h r fr m. and adapted to support a cylindrical. container such as: a: nail keg; 'lhe outermost or said semi-circular membersris;pivot: allyr securedto the bifurcated, arnr and, has: two quarter-circular members secured thereto and extending upwardly therefrom and which are'adapted to fit over the top of the keg or the like to clampingly hold the same against the outermost of the semi-circular members and to permit the container to be tilted downwardly at its outer end as desired.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated other objects will appear as the description proceeds, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the display stand, showing a single keg in dotted lines;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevation looking substantially along the line 2-2 in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 33 in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line 4-4 in Figure 3;

2, Figure is a verticalsectional view taken substantially along the line 5 5 in. Figure 3.

Referring morespecifically to the drawings, the stand or rack. comprises abasemember l3: secured.

': to a suitable floor H or the like as by bolts 12. Thebase member I: has a bore l3, therein in,

which is suitably: secure d. an. uprising central support memberor post. I:&.. The uprising member l-5 isashown; asna pipeyior: purposes of illustration, but may be of any desired construction. A pair of: spaced trunnions l6; and, I1; are rotatably mounted; on the member and: are; held in the desired horizontal position on the member [5 by any suitable,meansgsuchlas-collars and 21'! secured to-tba member l5 asrby; rivets 22 and 23, respectively, said bolts 2-2. and 23 also penetrating the uprising member- I 5.v

Each of the trunnions l6. and I1. is provided till-171 13 plurality of, radial-1y extending vanes 25; Since the lower trunnion l6 and the upper trunnion. ll; are identical and the supporting arms secured topeach vane 25are identical, the same,

and the lower trunnion 16;,

being made of two pieces 21 and 28 of a suitable material, suchas. channeliron, The channel iron members.v 21. and 2.81are. secured, at one. of. their ends to. the vane. 2.5.. as by bolts.v 39.. The arms 21 and 28 extend outwardl'yirom. the member l5 and. are bentv at. right angleslin opposite directi'ons from each other, as at 32', and are then again bentat right angles, as at 33, and extend parallel to each other forming arms and 33 spaced apart from each other a sufilcient distance to permit cylindrical containers, such as a keg of nails to be inserted therebetween.

A reinforcing plate 31 is secured between the arms 21 and 28 adjacent the point of bend 32, as by bolts 38. The reinforcing plate extends downwardly from the arms 21 and 28 and a brace 4| is secured to the lower portion of the plate 31 as by bolts 42. This brace 4| extends inwardly toward the uprising member l5 and is secured at its inner end to the vane 25 as by bolts 44.

A firs-t semi-circular support member 46 is secured at opposed ends thereof to the arms 35 and 36 adjacent the angle 33 as by bolts 41 and 48, respectively (Figure 5). A second or outermost semi-circular support member is pivotally secured to the arms 35 and 36 as by bolts and 52, respectively (Figure 2). It will be observed in Figures 2 and 3 that the ends of the second semi-circular support member 50 extend upwardly above the uppermost edges of the arms 35 and 35 and have hingedly secured thereto, as at 53, quarter-circular members 55 and 56. The members 55 and 56 have upturned flanges 57 and 58 at their free ends, the flanges 51 and 58 being provided with suitable bores for the reception of a bolt 60 for securing the quartercircular members 55 and 56 in position, so as to clampingly secure a cylindrical container such as a nail keg K shown in dotted lines in Figure 1.

Referring to Figure 3, it will be observed that the first semi-circular support member 45 extends downwardly at a slight angle from the arms 35 and 35 and is held in this position by the bolts 47 and 48. The second support member 50 also extends downwardly at an angle from the arms 35 and 36 but this last-named member 59 is free to pivot on the bolts 5| and 52.

It will thus be observed that a suitable container such as the keg of nails K may be inserted in the stand so that the lowermost portion. of the keg K will rest at one end on the first semicircular support member 46 and the lower surface of the keg K adjacent its other end will rest on the second semi-circular support member 50.

The angularity of the support members 45 and 50 will cause the right-hand end of the keg K, in Figure 2, to be disposed at a slightly higher elevation than the left-hand end and this righthand end in Figure 1 may be opened to permit access to the contents of the keg K and the angular disposition of the-keg K will prevent the contents from spilling therefrom.

If it is desired to tilt the keg to facilitate removing the contents therefrom, the keg K may be pulled downwardly at its right-hand or outer end in Figure 1 causing the support member 50 to pivot on the bolts 5| and 52 and moving the other end of the keg K out of engagement with the support member 46.

When the keg K is in position on the support members 46 and 50 the quarter-circular members 55 and 56 may be fitted over the top of the keg and the bolt 60 may be tightened in the flanges 5! and 58 to hold the keg K securely in position.

It will be observed that the trunnions l6 and I! may be rotated on the uprising member l5 so that access may be had to any one of the kegs K disposed in the display stand.

It is thus seen that I have provided a rack in which a plurality of kegs may be removably mounted and said rack being provided with means for holding a plurality of kegs spaced in a circle around a central point and also being provided with means to permit the easy insertion and removal of said kegs and to permit the same to be tilted to facilitate the removal of the contents therefrom.

In the drawings and specification there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation,

the scope of the invention being defined in tin' claim.

I claim:

A rack for supporting a container comprising a support, a pair of outwardly projecting arms secured at one of their ends to opposed sides of said support, said outwardly projecting arms being bent at right angles in opposite directions from each other and then being bent outwardly in parallel relation to each other to form spaced parallel support arms, a first semi-circular member secured to and extending between the spaced parallel support arms upon which one end of the container is adapted to be placed, a second semi-circular member pivotally secured to and extending between the spaced parallel portions of each of the outwardly extending armsand adapted to support a portion of the container whose end is supported by the first semicircular member, the first and second semicircular members being arranged with respect to each other so the axis of the container will extend outwardly and upwardly at an angle relative to the horizontal, and means for clamp ingly securing the container against the second semi-circular support member whereby the sec-' ond semi-circular support member may be partially rotated for tilting the associated container to assist in removing the contents therefrom.

HALL HINIQLE.

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